“Ignore the skeptics” – Akufo-Addo to Ghanaians

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June 20, 2016 4:24 PM

The NPP leader explained that “this talk of ‘it can’t be done’, anytime a new idea is proposed by me, is not one that bothers me. It is those who have no vision or clue of how to develop policies to help the Ghanaian people who peddle such stories. These people, clearly, have no business in leadership.”

The 2016 presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has urged Ghanaians not to pay heed to the skeptics who have always made it a point to bastardise policies and programmes announced by him.

According to Nana Akufo-Addo, “anytime I bring an idea, my political opponents will say ‘he cannot do it’, only to turn round, use the backdoor, and try to implement it.”

Nana Akufo-Addo made this known on the final day of his tour of the Central Region on Monday, June 20, when he paid a courtesy call on the Sarkin Zongo of Winneba, Chief Sulemana Salaga, on his tour of the Effutu constituency.

Reiterating his commitment to the establishment of the Zongo Development Fund, Nana Akufo-Addo urged the residents of Winneba Zongo not to be sidetracked into believing that this pledge cannot be fulfilled, citing examples of policies he introduced in the past, which was described by “experts” and political opponents as not doable.

“When I said I was going to implement the Free SHS policy, Mahama said it cannot be done. But, later he turned around and tried to implement it,” he said.

Again, the NPP flagbearer noted that “the same way I proposed the Northern Development Authority to help the three Northern Regions, so as to help bridge the developmental gap between the North and South, there was the usual talk of ‘it cannot be done’, ‘he can’t do it’. Again, he (President Mahama) tried, through the creation of SADA, to implement my idea. He failed woefully at it.”

Nana Akufo-Addo, therefore, urged Ghanaians not to be hoodwinked by this propaganda, as it is a clear evidence of persons who have no vision of how to bring progress to Ghana.

According to him, “it is only a good leader who can spot the problems and propose policies to solve the problems to the benefit of Ghanaians.”

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